Here, CALC is using the Launch Control XL and Kenton MIDI USB Host to control his the Elektron Octatrack. Its chunky knobs and multicoloured pads let you play your software like an instrument. This is a huge development for hardware users who love the amount of controls that the Launch series offers, but who do not want or need a computer in their setup. Launch Control makes creating electronic music way more fun. There’s also a video showing off standalone hardware – in case you don’t own the drool-worthy modular rig at top (I know I don’t).įollowing a recent firmware development for Launch Control and Launch Control XL, both devices can now be used to control external hardware without a computer, using a USB host-to-MIDI converter - such as the Kenton MIDI USB Host, or iConnectMIDI 4+ - to provide full MIDI implementation, with standard 5-pin DIN connection. I got a quick look at this rig yesterday at Novation’s London offices: Good stuff – and further evidence that the old categories of analog and digital, computer and controller, outboard hardware and accessory are all blurring together into whatever happens to make you happy. Here, this works as step sequencer and fader controller. The secret sauce here is Expert Sleepers’ FH1 module: Launch Control is also an iPad compatible controller, fully integrated with the Novation Launchpad. The video at top shows the LaunchControl XL in action with Eurorack modular. The other devices still require a USB host.) I think this is exceptional, partly because it extends the live of all these controllers that tend to accumulate. There is some information available in a programmer’s reference manual for the Launchkey II ( not the Mini version), but sadly the LED components don’t function the same way. (Note the the Launchpad Pro is preferable in that it has onboard MIDI. Novation’s user guide for the Launchkey Mini has no mention of how to control the LEDs. Now, today, Novation themselves are out with clever videos showing off the fact that a firmware update has made the Launch Control and Launch Control XL work on their own. The idea: hack into the firmware, and make the Launchpad Pro do whatever you want in your rig. Novation Launch Control Updater - Windows. For Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 builds earlier than 1803. I’m still bleary-eyed but happy after a day yesterday of overwhelmingly cool Novation Launchpad Pro hacks, most of them standalone. For Windows 11 and Windows 10 (build 1803 and later) Download. Wired (literally): controllers that work happily standalone. But it’s also quietly transformed into a powerful and diverse control surface which can now meet the needs of most any production and performance workflow. Tired: controllers that need computers to operate. Since its release, the Novation LaunchControl XL (LCXL) has performed as described, in both features, and hardware stability.
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